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Friday, May 24, 1968
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The Headlines
REGIME IS WARNED BY FRENCH POLICE; Government Told of Forces' Sympathy With Strikers French Police Voice Sympathy With Strikers
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Tighten Up
Archie Bell & the Drells
#1 at the box office
The Graduate †
The must-have
Hot Wheels
You Share a Birthday With
- Bob Dylan (1941)
- Queen Victoria (1819)
- Joseph Brodsky (1940)
- Mikhail Sholokhov (1905)
- Jean-Paul Marat (1743)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bummerfoxhunkscam
Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly
Tech Check
Computer Mouse (Demo), Boeing 747 & 911 Emergency System.
Cost of Living (1960)
Loaf of Bread
$0.20
Gallon of Gas
$0.31
Average Home
$11,900
New Car
$2,600
Time Elapsed
21,196 days ago
(58 years, 26 days)